[HTML][HTML] Using metabarcoding to reveal and quantify plant-pollinator interactions

A Pornon, N Escaravage, M Burrus, H Holota… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Given the ongoing decline of both pollinators and plants, it is crucial to implement effective
methods to describe complex pollination networks across time and space in a …

Color pan traps often catch less when there are more flowers around

L Westerberg, HL Berglund, D Jonason… - Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
When assessing changes in populations of species, it is essential that the methods used to
collect data have some level of precision and preferably also good accuracy. One commonly …

Taxonomic and functional diversity of the co‐flowering community differentially affect Cakile edentula pollination at different spatial scales

C Albor, JG García‐Franco, V Parra‐Tabla… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The number of co‐flowering species, floral density and floral trait diversity can be major
determinants of pollinator‐mediated plant–plant interactions in a community. However …

Disentangling the components of pollen limitation in a widespread herb with gametophytic self‐incompatibility

A Cisternas‐Fuentes, R Dwyer… - American Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Premise Seed production is frequently limited by the receipt of insufficient or low‐quality
pollen, collectively termed “pollen limitation”(PL). In taxa with gametophytic self …

Pollen transfer in fragmented plant populations: insight from the pollen loads of pollinators and stigmas in a mass‐flowering species

CEL Delmas, TLC Fort, N Escaravage… - Ecology and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Pollinator and/or mate scarcity affects pollen transfer, with important ecological and
evolutionary consequences for plant reproduction. However, the way in which the pollen …

[HTML][HTML] High lifetime inbreeding depression counteracts the reproductive assurance benefit of selfing in a mass-flowering shrub

CEL Delmas, PO Cheptou, N Escaravage… - BMC Evolutionary …, 2014 - Springer
Background Decreases in mate and/or pollinator availability would be expected to affect the
selective pressure on plant mating systems. An increase in self-fertilization may evolve to …

Pollen limitation and its effect on seed germination

JM Baskin, CC Baskin - Seed Science Research, 2018 - cambridge.org
In nature, fruit and seed production in many plants have been shown to be pollen limited.
Pollen limitation is demonstrated when open-pollinated plants that are hand-supplemented …

Seasonal variation in the mating system of a selfing annual with large floral displays

G Yin, SCH Barrett, YB Luo, WN Bai - Annals of Botany, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Flowering plants display considerable variation in mating
system, specifically the relative frequency of cross-and self-fertilization. The majority of …

The compounding effects of high pollen limitation, selfing rates and inbreeding depression leave a New Zealand tree with few viable offspring

ML Van Etten, JA Tate, SH Anderson, D Kelly… - Annals of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Interactions between species are especially sensitive to
environmental changes. The interaction between plants and pollinators is of particular …

[HTML][HTML] Contradistinctive floral attributes, pollination guilds and their consequence on the outcrossing rate in two elevational morphs of Rhododendron arboreum Sm.

SS Sorokhaibam, A Chandra, R Baishya… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Infraspecific floral trait variations may appear in response to elevational differences in alpine
plant species. There is enormous information on the selection of such morphs mediated by …